Description

Unplug and Digital Detox, just enough.

( OFFTIME ) is the classic. ( OFFTIME ) lets you track and customize your connectivity (and limit phone usage) so you can do the things that matter. Unplug, digital detox and focus on your work, have quality time without distractions with the people you care about, or simply enjoy some peace of mind.

★ Selected as one of the 100 "Best Apps of 2014" by Google ★

In case you have any issues, bugs, or suggestions, please get in touch with us at feedback@offtime.co. We will look into the issue and fix it as fast as possible.

( OFFTIME ) for Android lets you create profiles that block your calls, texts, and notifications. You can even restrict access to any apps and limit your phone usage (digital detox), so you can make sure you can focus, don’t get distracted, break free and have some quality time. Make exceptions for the people important to you, or send out custom auto-replies that let others know when you’re back on the grid. And you won’t miss a thing- check out the activity log for a comprehensive list of everything that happened while you were in your zone.

Our intuitive analytics give you insights into your phone and app usage, so you can identify your habits.

FAQ: Why does the app need so many permissions? The many permissions are necessary as the aim of the app is to intervene with and track some of the phones core functions. What is happening with my data? All the data stays on your phone, all personal information is encrypted. You need more extrem blocking? Join the beta. More questions? More answers: http://offtime.co/faq/en

Note: If you really want to be locked out you can give the app additional administrator rights. However, on some device-android version cases those permissions couldn't be revoked anymore. We apologize for this. This error also happens with other apps.

Beta ProgrammeWhen you are interested in new features and bug fixes before everyone else gets them, join our beta community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105472182050216689189

LanguagesOther languages than English and German will come over time. Please bare with us: We're a small start-up and unfortunately we don't have the resources to do translation ourselves. However, you can help to speed things up and volunteer: Just write to translate@offtime.co

( OFFTIME ) GmbH is a young post-tech startup, based in Berlin, Germany. Our revolutionary services enable people to customize their connectivity, unplug easily, and find an enriching balance in their work-life-tech life - backed by science.

Reviews

4.0

14,350 total

5 7,310

4 3,484

3 1,496

2 803

1 1,257

Erick Rodriguez

I love this app but there are some issues with it. Specially when it comes closing apps that I whitelisted. For example It tends to close some of the phone settings even when I whitelist it. I feel like this app would work better if it show all the apps and documents in the system and allowed you to blacklist or whitelist them. Not a major issue but still. If I'm telling the app to whitelist my settings then it should. A very good example of this is when I go to settings and I want to modify the edge panels (I'm using a Samsung) it completely blocks it. So if I try to whitelist the app or settings I cannot find it in the list of apps provided.

Sarah Shifferd

I've tried all the main distraction blocking apps, and I keep coming back to off time. I only need to be blocked from the internet ( I REALLY NEED to be blocked from the internet and reading news), but I also need access to all the other functionality of my phone. Offtime lets me make and receive calls, access everything I need in a day (not just two or three apps like other distraction blockers), and it has a scheduler that makes blocking automatic. I also like that I can choose how difficult I want it to be to turn Offtime off, because I need it to be hard. Other apps are too easy to get through. This is the last time I'm trying anything else, because offtime is really the best there is.

Kate McDonell

Why does it need me to re-approve the permission access every fricking day?? It's not because of updates, I turned off auto updates so I do it manually and know it hasn't been updated on these days yet it still loses my permissions all the time. Why. Worked fine until I upgraded to full version, now it lets through notifications during OFFTIME, and lets me open apps that are not on the white list. Please fix.

Ramendra Thakur

DUDE the power saving function of phone closes the app and app then stays closed. No auto start happens. Kindly help. Maybe this is a bug. EDIT : If you're not not gonna interact with your consumers how do you think you can sustain this app ? I have paid for your app and find headache in communication or interaction with you for my issues. Come on man, I trust you can do better.

Petar Evolution

Sent bug issue few months ago about scheduled calendar repeating its loop day when deleted, acting as if it weren't. I love the app but the fact this still is not fixed, nor the fact I had no reply to my mail is unsatisfying for someone who paid for the pro version and wanted to donate more.

Abhay Poptani

Its a good app but it will be amazing if it does one new update. The thing is it isn't harder for me to stop the profile. So why don't you make it necessary to touch the screen for a minute or 2 so that it becomes harder for anyone to stop it. Because all those who have installed it are those who are not able to concentrate on their work because of addiction.

User reviews

Erick Rodriguez June 14, 2017

I love this app but there are some issues with it. Specially when it comes closing apps that I whitelisted. For example It tends to close some of the phone settings even when I whitelist it. I feel like this app would work better if it show all the apps and documents in the system and allowed you to blacklist or whitelist them. Not a major issue but still. If I'm telling the app to whitelist my settings then it should. A very good example of this is when I go to settings and I want to modify the edge panels (I'm using a Samsung) it completely blocks it. So if I try to whitelist the app or settings I cannot find it in the list of apps provided.

I've tried all the main distraction blocking apps, and I keep coming back to off time. I only need to be blocked from the internet ( I REALLY NEED to be blocked from the internet and reading news), but I also need access to all the other functionality of my phone. Offtime lets me make and receive calls, access everything I need in a day (not just two or three apps like other distraction blockers), and it has a scheduler that makes blocking automatic. I also like that I can choose how difficult I want it to be to turn Offtime off, because I need it to be hard. Other apps are too easy to get through. This is the last time I'm trying anything else, because offtime is really the best there is.

Why does it need me to re-approve the permission access every fricking day?? It's not because of updates, I turned off auto updates so I do it manually and know it hasn't been updated on these days yet it still loses my permissions all the time. Why. Worked fine until I upgraded to full version, now it lets through notifications during OFFTIME, and lets me open apps that are not on the white list. Please fix.

DUDE the power saving function of phone closes the app and app then stays closed. No auto start happens. Kindly help. Maybe this is a bug. EDIT : If you're not not gonna interact with your consumers how do you think you can sustain this app ? I have paid for your app and find headache in communication or interaction with you for my issues. Come on man, I trust you can do better.

Sent bug issue few months ago about scheduled calendar repeating its loop day when deleted, acting as if it weren't. I love the app but the fact this still is not fixed, nor the fact I had no reply to my mail is unsatisfying for someone who paid for the pro version and wanted to donate more.

Its a good app but it will be amazing if it does one new update. The thing is it isn't harder for me to stop the profile. So why don't you make it necessary to touch the screen for a minute or 2 so that it becomes harder for anyone to stop it. Because all those who have installed it are those who are not able to concentrate on their work because of addiction.

I really want to like this app as it has great features but it keeps kicking me back to my name entry screen and I have to keep starting over & over. Cannot input to set up this app. Frustrating!! UPDATE: I struggled through many repeats of setting up this app. It took some time, using permutations of available set-up options, but my persistence eventually paid off. 4.5 stars.

I have been using it for a while but I'm not getting the access of pro.. I cant buy the version so if u could provide me with the code.. I would surely look forward for the same.. The app is simply amazing and it helps me in focusing on my work.. Thanks for ths wonderful app

It's great! However, I found a way around the app within the first few hours I used it. I can access the apps I blocked (FB, Twitter, all social media) just by removing the offtime app from the tasks (The one that pops up when you want to switch from one app to another). When I open the offtime app again, it resumes its normal blocking function, the timer never stopped (like nothing happened). Now it's kinda useless bec I couldn't control myself and I cant avoid the distractions. I can't focus on studying y for the finals 😥

I can't uninstall the app. It kept asking me to make it a device administrator, and so I did, to try to prevent those constant notifications. However, I now cannot stop it from being a device administrator, as settings always crashes when I try to do that, and I can't uninstall it until I stop it from being a device administrator. Long story short, don't make this app a device administrator, because you'll never be able to uninstall it.

After I updated my device this app stopped working. Earlier I was able to block settings but now I can easily open it and uninstall the app. Would love to see an update that actually stops me from uninstalling the app. I rated it five starts before but am changing it now to one star until the issue gets fixed.

This app used to very helpful and beneficial to my studies (and it still is) but recently i noticed the app keeps closing my phone app (Samsung) and there is no option to add it to the list of allowed apps. This is VERY important to me because i NEED to answer phone calls while im working or at school. PLEASE update and fix this feature so I'll be able to add the phone app to the list of allowed apps.

I really enjoy this app. Simple, useful, effective. It helps me stay off of YouTube and Facebook, and in result I have way more time to do offline things like garden work or drawing. Highly suggest to anyone trying to wane unnecessary phone time, while being able to use the apps I need.

Useless app. I created a schedule to block some apps in my sleep profile which is not working at all, doing nothing on scheduled time. Trying to create an account, and whatever email I provide it says account already created. And throwing error while recovering password for account that was somehow miraculously created.

I love this app, it was the best small investment I made in a long time. It allows me to block all the distracting apps and also schedule blocks. It has saved me time and my productivity is higher. I also love that you can make it easy, hard or impossible to unblock once you start or schedule a block. 5 starts.

The thing is that I am using this app on redmi 3s prime and the problem that I am facing is I can just press the recent apps button swap and away this app and everything is back to normal again. All the profiles go in vain. Please fix it. Overall the app is good but this is a major issue. If it can be made to stay in the memory it would be awesome.

I love how it's strict and there's no way to uninstall. However I often need to make phone calls and it doesn't let me access the call page even though the phone app is unlocked. I need to press numbers during calls sometimes. Please fix it and I'll change my review! I'm using a Samsung galaxy s7.

Love at first sight, really! Let's me use the apps I need and shows me sassy responses when I try to access apps I have blocked. Shared it with all my friends, we really need this for finals. It's a pity I haven't come across this sooner

Useful app but for some reason if I go to make a call while it's active (with calls allowed) it gives me the "not allowed" messages. I can still make the call, and incoming calls are no problem, but it's slightly annoying. Phone app isn't an option to add to my list of approved apps on my Samsung galaxy. So far no other issues.

Really loved this app.. had a thought of cutting my own hand for using social networking sites!.. whenever I try to access those site 'Offtime' came up with most funny push-up notification.. good work 👍

LOVE this app. Thank you so much. However, could you please make a 1x1 widget? The widget available is great but takes up way too much unnecessary space. It should definitely be able to fit in a 1x2 but I would like even a 1x1. Or even both! I am a premium user and I would really love this!!

I'm giving it such a low rating because, although this would hypothetically be a great app, the developer's desire to have a cool and interesting UI (I'm talking about the clock with radial sliders for the start and end time) made this app unusable for me. I wasn't even able to get my work start and end time in without it arbitrarily switching between AM and PM. Just let me enter the times into a text field please.

Nice idea but needs improvements 1. Close it from the recently used apps tab and it stops functioning 2. Lock and on next unlock of my phone can access even the restricted apps 3. Since it is not active always it doesn't calculate the time of phone usage correctly

This app is just short of a five star review. My only gripe is that the app just won't block me from opening my phone's settings. If I open the settings I can easily override the app blocking feature (which for me is very tempting). Besides that the app is great.

Good app, but I really want to see how many texts I've sent to different contacts. The app has this feature, and I know it is tracking the sms because in the highlights tab I can see some information, but when I look for more details it just says no data. I've contacted support twice and have not heard anything from them.

Bug 1) We can easily bypass by restarting the phone. Bug 2) Go to settings and force stop the app and BOOM! No more restrictions. Seriously?? What's the point then? I really liked the idea of the app. Please fix these problems.

A very good tool if you have very less self-control like me and you need make a habit of studying for long hours without distractions... Only thing is that it makes the phone switch to silent mode and i missed some imp calls... Hope there is manual setting for it in future.

This app has really helped me to concentrate. It's very customizable. It can be as strict or lenient as you need it to be. If I need to use my phone more I can adjust it as much as I need to then switch back if I feel like I'm using it too much.

Bought the pro version. Here are the issues im having. Ive given enable admin perm to app so cant be uninstalled. But when i use android task mgr to quickly close apps even this app gets closed and stops blocking apps. Ive turned on schedule but it doesnt turn on automatically unless i open n close app. And its so easy to disable. Thr should be an option whr i can remove the option to disable offtime. Now all i have to do is press left navigation button n close all apps. Offtime stops working n i can use the blocked apps. Please fix these issues or the app will continue to be useless.

Excellent! I have a profile set to automatically prevent view of distracting apps midnight till 9am which helps me tremendously if I'm being sucked into a Netflix series or online dating Quora etc at night...poof it disappears from the foreground and a silly message is displayed reminding me to stay on task...i.e. sleep. I've been using it for 3 years!

I really like the app. I am in grad school and for someone that procrastinates more than I should through my phone I decided to find an app. I've only used it a couple of times but its helping me break annoying habits. After a week, I'm going to consider purchasing the pro. The only thing I wish this app could do is let me have access to Google Chrome but block web pages I shouldn't be on (Facebook, Twitter, news etc.) Instead, I just block the whole Chrome app. Please, consider the web page suggestion!

Giving 3 stars because I feel like this tool could make some real improvements on what it already has, but of the tools out there it is the most robust I have found. The Good: This app allows you to create different profiles with a different set of permitted apps. This is great for things like workdays vs weekends, or day vs when you should be sleeping. I like that I can schedule offtime so I can set it and forget it. I like that it suppresses the distracting push notifications. Use metrics are helpful, as are the usage alerts when I exceed my daily target. Room for Improvement: Offtime is too easy to cancel out of. I would love if it could be set to not allow a person to close out of it during a scheduled time. Alternatively, allowing only a certain number of premature deactivation per week and then enforcing the schedual would be great. It would also be nice to be able to re-enable a scheduled offtime in the case I had to cancel early to check something quick. From a setup perspective, you currently select apps to allow. it would be better to select apps to block, then I would not post facto realize I needed to permit my settings menu or contact book during offtime!

Yay!! I'm so glad for the recent update - just in time, since I was so disappointed to lose it when I got my new phone. In the meantime when Offtime didn't work on my phone I tried many other similar apps and couldn't find one I liked nearly as much. I like that this app is flexible so I can set my own rules and goals (so I can work into new habits slowly and with realistic flexibility when needed), that it allows multiple rules and schedules with unlimited "allowed" apps as needed, and also tracks general usage data. Plus the sassy blocking sayings make me laugh at myself trying to break my own rules (like "we're going to pretend we didn't see that" and "no Pinterest for you!")... And more importantly it actually works.

The app has potential, but at least with did not really show it fully. First of all the registration feature does not work, so if you switched to a different phone, tough luck. The tracking methods all three of them often jsut stop working and the app shows zero tracked time. But when it comes to this sort of apps, this one is still the best out there. Others are even more buggy or simply do not work.

The features of this app would be perfect, if they worked at all. I love that you can select which apps you'd like to allow/block during your "offtime" session, as my phone also has many tools I need for work/school, and I don't wish to block all of them. The idea of seeing my usage tracked is also incredibly helpful. However, neither of these features worked for me. I have a Samsung Galaxy S8, which I believe is the problem. Even after paying for access to more advanced features, I was still unable to get any portion of the app to work. 1) From the offtime session screen, when I go in to my phone (as you would to say, use your Gmail for work) I can still access Feedly and Instagram, even though I have blocked those apps. 2) My tracker says I have used my phone for 0 minutes, which is DEFINITELY not true. ☺️ There is an option to cycle through 3 different types of allowances for the app to utilize in blocking, but none of them worked. I can still just go into any app at any time. The idea behind this app is great. It's easy to use and the tools are exactly what one would need, but it may not work at all, even if you pay for it.

Pro version is annoying enough with blockages to question myself and finally change my mind about using certain apps and internet. Option to set a strict schedule is very very helpful. At the end it helps you to get a good habbit.

Great app !! Advantages: 1. One can monitor device usage. 2. One can set his/her priority apps while working. 3. Automatic notification/call/sms blocks and replies to calls with a predefined SMS. Disadvantage: Sometimes it stucks, Maybe a bug removal is required here.